WLA Annual Conference

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The Sky's the Limit Montana, Illinois, and OCLC
Group Services

• WLA Annual Conference
• October 26, 2005
• Brad Baker
• Northeastern Illinois University
• Bruce Newell
• Montana Library Network
• Kirsten Houtman
• WiLS

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What is Group Services?

• a customized way to select and use services from
  OCLC. Any type of library groupfrom small
  cooperatives to statewide, multi-type
  consortiacan control costs, leverage existing
  investments and serve users more effectively.

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Wisconsin Group Catalog

• Creates opportunity to create a state-wide
  catalog that is part of a wider world of
  resources
• Platform for state-wide and resource
  sharing among select groups
• Scopes and Super Scopes

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States using OCLC Group Services
U.S. States
Alaska California Florida Georgia
publics Idaho Illinois Missouri Montana
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Who else uses OCLC Group Services?

• Coming late 2005 and early 2006!
• Alabama Group Catalog - October 2005
• Indiana Group Catalog December 2005
• WorldCat Europe Group Catalog- January 2006

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Consortia using OCLC Group Services

• American Theological Library Association
• LILRC (Long Island Library Resources Council)
• Military Education Research Library Network
  (MERLN)
• North Carolina Community College System
• SouthEastern Pennsylvania Consortium for Higher
  Education (SEPCHE)
• Transportation libraries (U.S. and Canada)
• U.S. Air Force Library Information System

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Group Services Committee

• Karen Boehning Winnefox Library System
• Patrick Wilkinson UW Oshkosh
• Charlotte Slocum Beloit College
• Peter Hamon South Central Library System
• Sally Drew DLTCL
• Mary Lou Zuege Menomonee Falls Schools (Retired)
• Kathy Schneider WiLS

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OCLC Group Services

• Negotiate with OCLC a set price for unlimited
  cataloging, ILL, Access to WorldCat and a Group
  Catalog for current WiLS OCLC libraries through
  June 2008.
• Negotiate pricing to allow expansion of OCLC
  libraries in Wisconsin at incremental costs
• Leverage our investment in OCLC

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What is included in Group Services?

• Customized group catalog
• Unlimited resource sharing
• Unlimited cataloging
• Any other service we want to include

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WiLS Timetable

• Spring 2005 Share the concept with library
  groups
• Fall 2005 Share cost data with Phase 1 libraries
• January 2006 Implement Phase 1 Target is
  current OCLC libraries with FirstSearch WorldCat
  Subscriptions
• July 2006 Add other interested OCLC libraries
• January 2007 Add more libraries
• July 2007 Add remaining libraries?

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Whats It Going to Cost?

• Current Costs predictable through June 2008
• Cataloging?
• Resource Sharing
• Access
• FirstSearch WorldCat?

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Group Catalog

• No cost to libraries until July 2007
• Cost for FY08 based on of total of WorldCat
  subscribers applied to total cost of the Group
  Catalog
• For example, Edgewood Colleges share will be
  536. L.E. Phillips Memorial Librarys share
  will be 526

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Phase 1 Academics

• UW-System
• Beloit
• Blackhawk Tech
• Cardinal Stritch
• Carroll
• Carthage
• Edgewood
• Lakeland

• Lawrence
• Marian
• Marquette
• Nashotah House
• Nicolet Tech
• Northland
• St. Norbert
• Wisconsin Lutheran

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Phase 1 Publics

• Eastern Shores Library System
• L.E. Phillips Public Library
• Lakeshores Library System
• Marathon County Public Library
• South Central Library System
• Winnefox Library System
• And, one Special Library,
• Wisconsin Veterans Museum

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Some Decisions to be made

• Branding
• Logos for catalogs
• Custom web links
• Interface colors
• Scopes and super scopes

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The Final Name Choices

• WILO- Wisconsin Libraries Online
• WILLOW- Wisconsin Libraries Live on the Web
• BadgerCat
• Forward
• WLC- Wisconsin Library Catalog

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Colors?
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Scopes

• Wisconsin Libraries
• Wisconsin Colleges and Universities
• Wisconsin Independent Colleges and Universities
• Wisconsin Public Libraries
• Wisconsin Technical Colleges
• University of Wisconsin Libraries
• New Era Libraries
• South Central Library System
• Libraries Worldwide

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If you have any questions

• Kirsten Houtman khoutman_at_wils.wisc.edu